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unbind

[uhn-bahynd] / ʌnˈbaɪnd /


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The goal is to “create a situation where no one can unbind their ties,” said Narushige Michishita, a professor of international relations at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2024

Once released, the acetylcholine stays in the cleft and can continually bind and unbind to postsynaptic receptors.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

At higher temperatures, these vortices unbind and move away from each other, and are eventually destroyed by the system’s entropy.

From Nature May 1, 2019

He spent hours huddling with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Kendra Unruh, a Colorado delegate who drove the effort to unbind delegates and thwart Mr. Trump.

From Washington Times Jul. 14, 2016

Abashed at my appearance, I quickly unbind my skirts so they fold about my legs, hiding my muddy feet.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The group wants delegates to return to the floor once their state reaches the round of balloting that formally unbinds them to do whatever they want.

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2016

Meyer unbinds the captive, and the huge fish and I are floating free in the crystalline blue water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her busy hand sustains a bending bough, Where cotton clusters spread their robes of snow, From opening pods unbinds the fleecy store, And culls her labors for the evening bower.

From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel

Benzayda unbinds Ozmyn, and gives him her sword.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir

And he unbinds it from his side, scabbard and all, and holds it while the urchin gets astride o't and pretends to ride.

From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie

Clemency is a plea, unbound by the structure and procedural limitations of the law.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2026

His scores, with their inherent rigor and overt religiosity, seemingly simple structure and patient exposition, conjure a world both foundational and unbound.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

Director Fastvold portrays Ann Lee as a proto-feminist visionary, a woman determined to be unbound by anything except her own will.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

“The Brutalist” is a film, in part, about the perils of unbound creativity, but Corbet manages to prove his own film wrong by assembling the most monumental achievement of any of the five nominees.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2025

I rush upstairs, soaked through and shivering, to find the Commandant pacing her room with a violent energy, her blonde tresses unbound.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

"It was different than the usual encounters I have with my Palestinian artist friends; there was this unbinding connection, because we don't know if we're going to see each other" again, he said.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

As part of their bids, the companies had also submitted unbinding offers to build three more nuclear reactors.

From Seattle Times Jan. 31, 2024

“Vanessa has this unbinding, positive outlook on life,” Mr. Gynd said.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2019

The economies of the two nations are deeply enmeshed at this point, and unbinding them will be painful—especially for industries like agriculture, for which trade with China has been a boon.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2018

“This is my thanks for unbinding your curse?”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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